A Better Impact alternative built on text messages.
Better Impact’s Volunteer Impact keeps a deep volunteer database behind a portal and an app. Vollio meets volunteers in their text messages: sign up, sign in and log hours by text.
At a glance
| Vollio | Better Impact | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Plans from $89 a month, billed monthly or annually, or pay as you go with credits | Priced by volunteer profiles, accepted and inactive. Contact them for a quote |
| Texting | Two-way. Volunteers reply to sign up, sign in and sign out | One-way. Unlimited on Growth and Impact; on other plans, an optional add-on with usage fees |
| Sign in at the event | Volunteers text sign in and sign out | Time clock with a QR code or username, or a kiosk |
| Volunteer app | None needed | My Impact app |
| Volunteer account | Not needed: sign up with a texted code, or make an account | Username and a password of at least 12 characters |
| Proof for service hours | On-site photo, photo of the work and a location pin | Hours can require admin approval |
Where Vollio is different
Texts both ways
Volunteers reply to sign up, sign in and sign out. Nothing to download and no password to remember.
Hours with proof
For community-service hours: an on-site photo, a photo of the finished work and a location pin, then a coordinator confirms.
Hours they can share
Volunteers see progress toward required hours, email themselves an hours report, or download their hours as CSV.
Prices on the page
Plans start at $89 a month, billed monthly or annually, and the pricing page shows every plan.
When Better Impact may suit you better
If you need a large, long-established database with a kiosk time clock and a volunteer app, Better Impact offers both. Vollio is built for volunteers who would rather text than log in.
Switching
Bring your volunteers with you. Import a spreadsheet or an export from your current system: anyone already in Vollio is matched by email, phone or ID instead of being added twice. Then post your next event and text the link.